Graduate student from China charged in Newark Airport security breach is due to be arraigned
By APTuesday, February 9, 2010
Man charged in Newark Airport breach due in court
NEWARK, N.J. — A graduate student from China charged with breaching security at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday.
Haisong Jiang (hy-SOHN’ jee-ONG’) was arrested Jan. 8, days after entering a restricted area at the airport, where he was seeing his girlfriend off.
Authorities say the Jan. 3 breach caused the shutdown of a busy terminal and snarled flights worldwide.
The 28-year-old Rutgers University doctoral student faces a defiant trespassing charge and a fine of up to $500 when he’s arraigned in Newark Municipal Court.
Jiang has declined to speak publicly about the incident. He has retained Washington D.C.-based lawyer Eric Bruce.
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